Bottle-stopper and extractor.



No. 640,806. Patented Jan. 9, moo.

, n. s. PIGKETT. BOTTLE STUPPER AND EXTRACTOR.

(Application filed Aug. 3, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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RUFUS S. PICKETT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

BOTTLE-STOPPER AN D EXTRACTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,806, dated January 9, 1900.

Application filed August 3, 1899. Serial No. 726,016. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RUFUS S. PICKETT, of the city and county of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers and Extractors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, when taken in connection with the accompanying draw= ings, which form a part thereof, and in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical section through a bottle and extractor embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a similar View with the cork extracted; Fig. 3, an elevation of a portion of the extractor and bottle; Fig. 4, a horizontal section on lines 4 4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a vertical section through the neck of the bottle and cork, showing a possible modification.

In all figures similar letters of reference represent like parts.

This invention relates to bottles, and more particularly to means for stopping the outflow and for extracting the stopper.

It consists in the various improvements and novel combinations of parts set forth and claimed hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings, the part designated by the letter A is the bottle, to which the invention is applied, and B is the neck, which has the usual circular perforation b. The outside of the neck at its upper end is provided with screw-threading C and below the threading an annular-groove or indentation D of such depth that the neck B is weakened on that plane. Below the groove D is a shoulder or annular flange E. The cork is shown at F and may be of various constructions, as pointed out hereinafter.

The extractor G is provided with any suitable grip g at its upper end, and at its lower end consists in a hollow cylinder H, internally threaded at I to correspond with the threading C on the neck of the bottle. The internal threading I terminates a short distance from the open end of the extraetor,and a smooth interior surface K extends to the end.

The operation of the device is as follows: When the bottle is filled, the cork is driven in, as usual. To remove the cork for discharging the contents of the bottle, the ex tractor G is screwed down over the neck until the end k of the extractor bears against and the bottle is ready to be emptied. By

this means the bottle is so mutilated by the first extraction of a cork that any second use of the bottle can be at once detected. To prevent the possible drawing of the cork without the breaking of the neck and the conse= quent detection of any further use of the bottle, a wire M or other metal substance is inserted across the cork, as shown in Fig. 4., which prevents the use of any ordinary corkscrew. Either with or without said metal 0bstruction as a further prevention the extreme end of the neck may be provided with an inwardly-extending flange or abutment N, Fig. 5, which is so beveled or shaped that the cork may pass it in its insertion, but will be checked thereby from being withdrawn.

Having now described my invention, what 'I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination with a bottle havingintegrally-formed screw threading at the outer end of its neck; of an annular indentation or groove below said screw-threading and a flange or shoulder below said indentation, a cork adapted to be inserted in said neck, and means for preventing the withdrawal of said cork from the upper end of said neck, to= gether with mechanism for severing the neck of the bottle on the plane of the annular indentation or groove, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a bottle having a neck provided with external screw-threading at its outer end, an annular indentation or groove below said threading and a flange or shoulder below said indentation; of a cork having a transversely extending piece of metal, substantially as described.

3. A bottle having a neck provided with external screw-threading at its outer end; an annular indentation or groove below said threading an external flange or shoulder be low said indentation, and an inwardly-ex said threading on said neck, and its end [0 adapted to hear on said flange or shoulder, substentiaily as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of August, 1899.

RUFUS S. PICKETTi Wiinesses:

SAMUEL H. FISHER, ELIZABETH K. PENDLETON. 

